September 16
Daily Cheer for All the YearHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.—Ps. exlvi, 5.
Hope is the cordial of the human heart.
ROBERT BURNS.
A propensity to Hope and Joy is real riches; one of Fear and Sorrow, real poverty.
HUME.
They whose hopes are set on God have a certain hope, a sufficient one, and one that fills all the future. All other expectations are fulfilled or disappointed as the case may be, but are left behind and outgrown. This one never palls, and is never accomplished, and yet is never disappointed. So, if we set our hopes on Him, we can face very quietly the darkness that is ahead of us.
ALEX. MACLAREN.
To help the young soul, add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought, by firm action, that is not easy, that is the work of divine men.
R. W. EMERSON.